Combemeadow Plantation - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.96105, -4.07109
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,489 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,489 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Tawny Owl · Wren · Chiffchaff · Raven +12
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Otter
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Cicadella viridis · Leptura aurulenta
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
- Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2024
Oxeye Daisy · Spindle · Primrose · Bugle · Lesser Periwinkle +156
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
- BugleAjuga reptans2019
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2019
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,489 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Tawny Owl · Wren · Chiffchaff · Raven +12
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Otter
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Cicadella viridis · Leptura aurulenta
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
- Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2024
Oxeye Daisy · Spindle · Primrose · Bugle · Lesser Periwinkle +156
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
- BugleAjuga reptans2019
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2019
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019White StonecropSedum album2019White StonecropSedum album2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2019Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2019Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiDarwin's BarberryBerberis darwiniiYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2019Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2019Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2019Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2019Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2019Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019DaisyBellis perennis2019DaisyBellis perennis2019Black BryonyTamus communis2019Black BryonyTamus communis2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2019Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum2019Wild PlumPrunus domestica2019Wild PlumPrunus domestica2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2019Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019NipplewortLapsana communis2019NipplewortLapsana communis2019ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2019ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2019PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2019Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019AshFraxinus excelsior2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2019Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2019Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2019Butterfly StonecropHylotelephium spectabile2019Butterfly StonecropHylotelephium spectabile2019Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2019Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2019Bush VetchVicia sepium2019Bush VetchVicia sepium2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HazelCorylus avellana2019Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2019Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2019Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019YewTaxus baccata2019YewTaxus baccata2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2019Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2019Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2019Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2019Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2019Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2019Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis2019Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2019Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2019HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2019HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2019Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2019Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2019Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2019Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2019Dog-roseRosa canina2019Dog-roseRosa canina2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019Common MallowMalva sylvestris2019English ElmUlmus procera2019English ElmUlmus procera2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019Fat-henChenopodium album2019Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2019Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2019FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2019Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019HollyIlex aquifolium2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Musk-mallowMalva moschata2019Musk-mallowMalva moschata2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Red CampionSilene dioica2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019GorseUlex europaeus2019GorseUlex europaeus2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2019Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2019RaspberryRubus idaeus2019RaspberryRubus idaeus2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2019Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2019AlderAlnus glutinosa2019AlderAlnus glutinosa2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2019Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2019AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019Hybrid LarchLarix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii2019Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2019Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2019DandelionTaraxacum2019DandelionTaraxacum2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2019LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2019Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2019Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2019Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019Lesser BurdockArctium minus2019Lesser BurdockArctium minus2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2019Hedera helixHedera helix2019Hedera helixHedera helix2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019Greater PlantainPlantago major2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2019Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2019Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2019Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2019KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2019Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2019Hedge BedstrawGalium album2019Hedge BedstrawGalium album2019Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2019Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019Common NettleUrtica dioica2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2019SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2019Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019